Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 419
ssory station at Uniontown, Pennsyl-vania. This tank was used to supply air for automobiles andwas 16 inches in diameter by 48 inches long. The shell was of %cinch plate with V\ inch heads. It was of autogenously welded con-struction throughout, and the failure was in the weld. Examination of this… … WELD Fig. 2. up on the outside, held the tank together. The weakest part of theweld appeared to be about 6 inches from one end, though it is diffi-cult to say where the rupture originated as the whole weld failed,even the head girth seams. The nature of the failure is clearly shownin Fig. 3. In…
Locomotives · Steam-boiler explosions
Internet Archive · Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
